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BanzaiBonnie

(3,621 posts) Thu Aug 16, 2012, 01:51 PM Aug 2012

Prosecutor Defeated by Glaring Stupidity of Pot Laws

This is in Kansas. It's heartening. I love it. Real people get it.

http://reason.com/blog/2012/08/14/kansas-prosecutor-defeated-by-glaring-st

A Kansas defense attorney reports:

I had a jury trial this morning on level 3 possession with intent MJ, level 4 possession drug paraphernalia and level 10 no drug tax stamp. During voir dire, my almost all white, middle-class, middle-aged jury went into full rebellion against the prosecutor stating that they wouldn't convict even if the client's guilt was proven beyond a reasonable doubt -- almost all of them!